Rule #5: Never Coparent with Your Rival

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In my defense, I didn't know about the toddler.

When I learn Enzo Bellanti has joined my hockey team, I’m furious.

Sure, Enzo and I were once best friends. But that was before he ghosted me and started throwing me into the boards every time we’re on the ice.

I definitely don’t expect him to show up at my door. And I really don’t expect him to show up with a toddler.

Three years ago, his sister asked me for a favor—the kind that involved a cup, a closed door, and a mission I didn’t know was successful. Enzo thought I’d slept with her and abandoned her.

In hindsight, that explains the death glares and on-ice aggression.

Now that he’s lost his sister, we’re suddenly coparenting a child while juggling hockey, sleep deprivation, and tension.

Yes, that kind.

Tropes: Secret baby · coparenting · enemies to lovers · friends to enemies to lovers · forced proximity · bi-awakening · single dad · slow burn · rivals to lovers · teammates to lovers · found family

Series Info

Book 5 in the Hockey Rules series. Every book is a standalone with a complete happily-ever-after. Based around the same Boston hockey team. Also available in Kindle Unlimited and for purchase on Amazon.

Reading Order

• Rule #0.5: Never Crush on the Captain (prequel novella — free with newsletter signup)
• Rule #1: Never Accidentally Marry Your Teammate
• Rule #2: Never Join a Christmas Dating Show
• Rule #3: Never Fake Marry the Coach's Son
• Rule #4: Never Get Stranded with a Sports Reporter
• Rule #5: Never Coparent with Your Rival←you are here
• Rule #6: Never Announce You're Dating the Massage Therapist

Content Notes

MM romance · Explicit/open door (steam level: 🔥🔥) · Low angst · No cheating · slow burn

If You Love These Authors, You'll Love This

Rachel Reid · Sarina Bowen · Elle Kennedy · Eden Finley · Saxon James

Where to Read

Available on Kindle Unlimited, Kindle, and in paperback.

About Portia Blake

Portia writes MM hockey romances about men who make life decisions most people manage to avoid--accidental marriages, fake relationships, coparenting with rivals--then become love-obsessed maniacs. She lives within walking distance of a hockey arena, where she absolutely does not stalk the players. Obviously.